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Chapter 2
- And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and
the mother of Jesus was there:
- And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
- And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him,
They have no wine.
- Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine
hour is not yet come.
- His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you,
do it.
- And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner
of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
- Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they
filled them up to the brim.
- And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor
of the feast. And they bare it.
- When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made
wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the
water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
- And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth
good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but
thou hast kept the good wine until now.
- This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and
manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
- After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and
his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many
days.
- And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
- And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and
doves, and the changers of money sitting:
- And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all
out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the
changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
- And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence;
make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
- And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of
thine house hath eaten me up.
- Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou
unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
- Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in
three days I will raise it up.
- Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in
building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
- But he spake of the temple of his body.
- When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples
remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the
scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
- Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day,
many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
- But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all
men,
- And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what
was in man.
Commentary:
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Pachomius
Orthodox Library, St. Monegunde of Tours, 2007.
Have mercy, O Lord, upon Thy servants
the scribe John, the priest John, the priest Peter, Amy, Bob, Susan,
and the parishioners of the temple of Saint Andrew in Lubbock.
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THE END, AND TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
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